38 Nursing Homes Near Jacksonville, FL

I normally do not write many reviews, but I must write one here. My father was just discharged from this facility – he was in the rehab center post hospitalization – and it was nothing short of a nightmare. The level of care and responsiveness of the staff was horrifying. I honestly don’t have it in me to go into deep detail, but do NOT send your loved ones here, unless you’re fairly indifferent on whether or not you see them breathing again after. This facility was recommended by the Mayo Clinic – we trusted them, not knowing better. Do not make the same mistake. Oh, and his wallet "mysteriously" went missing there. Do not – please – make the same mistake we did and send your loved one here. (read less)

really liked this location as it offers the best of everything. From fine dining and golf to museums, beaches, nightlife and entertainment to football games. The proximity to Westminster Woods, Julington Creek, and St. Johns River make great places to explore, picnic and take nature walks. The dining options offer a variety of fresh, healthy foods that looked and smelled delicious. Snacks are available all day every day. The communal activity rooms are all nicely sized and decorated. The staff and management are very accommodating and eager to make the residents and visiting families comfortable. The property includes areas for arts and crafts, woodworking, billiards and sewing. There is also a convenient boutique and exceptionally equipped fitness center. (read less)

River Garden was negligent in their care for my mother. She was admitted for rehabilitation after falling getting into her bed and laid for several hours while she was living at The Coves. While under their care, they glazed over a SLUMs test they administered in a conference call we had with them as her family. This test indicated my mother was suffering from full on dementia at a score of 13 out of 30. Knowing her cognition was this far gone they proceeded with a hard sales pitch with her to keep her in their Long Term Care facility. They refused to take care of her hygiene needs and as a result she transferred to another facility with rashes and sores. They refused to order her a hospital bed after our decision to move her to another facility. They indicated she didn’t need one and we should buy her one. She had repeated problems transferring from a wheelchair to the bed at River Garden and this was discussed on conference calls and her file was documented as such. Some of the staff said she did need a medical bed and they had documented her file as such, but the administration said she didn’t need it, they would not try and request one from Medicare and they advised us we could go buy her one. The social worker assigned to her case. as an advocate for her care, stopped participating in conference calls with us. When we asked what they would provide for the Long Term Care they wanted us to transfer her to, they could not answer. The price was over double what every other facility wanted. $13000 seemed outrageous. They did state if she left it would be close to impossible to ever get readmitted. We were never told my mother would need Memory Care or that they could provide it. We have since moved my mother to another facility. She has been PROPERLY evaluated and has been diagnosed with dementia and severe anxiety for which she is receiving care and medications. We as her family have had to make decisions and enact our Durable Power of Attorney to ensure her financial, emotional and care needs are met. Unfortunately River Garden never truly addressed my mothers state of mind and did not prepare us for what we would need to do for her. When they told us we could go buy her a bed it became apparent they did not care about her welfare unless they would benefit financially from it. (read less)

Riverwood has rehab, and the living facilities are good. My mom stayed there for six years before she passed away. It has a higher standard of nurses and a lovely dining area. Her room was spacious with two beds. The employees are very passionate with their patients. (read less)

My mom has been placed at West Jacksonville Health. At that time when we were looking for a facility, they were primarily available. They were able to show us that they are very caring. The facility is close to our home and it really worked out for us. The place is very welcoming and always clean. It’s very nice and I’m very satisfied with all the medical and other care that she is getting. The staff are very nice and they are good with what they do. Mom is in a room for two and it’s pretty good for her. She is happy with the food. The dining area is big and it opens out to a screened porch, it’s very nice and appealing. With their activities, they have the normal stuff like bingo, entertainment, religious services; pretty varied. (read less)

My husband was in the University Crossing for rehab. It was outstanding, clean, didn’t have any smell, and they let me bring our chihuahua. The staff was outstanding, and the rehab people were outstanding. I just can’t say enough good things over there. The only thing that deterred me from putting him back there was the drive over there. They were outstanding from cleanliness, to staff, decorations, friendliness, and helpfulness. He was on regular food, and he had a physical therapist that came to his room and helped him with swallowing and gave him exercises. They even recognized that he might have a problem down the road. (read less)

The staff at this facility seemed very friendly and helpful towards the residents. I witnessed several students from a nearby private Catholic school also partake in activities with several of the residents. The students were singing a wide variety of songs and playing games using balloons with the residents of the facility. I also saw several games set up for the residents such as checkers and parchisi. I also saw several drawings done for the residents which were probably also done by some of the students from the private school. The exterior of the facility seemed very welcoming, and the landscaping on the exterior appeared to be very well attended to. The interior seemed very spacious, especially in the recreation area, which was where I was most of the time. Overall, I feel that this is a good facility where the staff genuinely care about the residents. I would definitely say that it was a favorable environment, although I have not really visited any similar facilities anywhere before. (read less)

My brother is in rehab at Jacksonville Nursing and Rehab Center. It’s good and they seem to take good care of him. It seems clean. I don’t find them all that responsive when I try to get in touch with his doctor or social worker, but other than that, as a facility, it seems OK or good. (read less)

In my opinion, the front office staff is very helpful to our family. The nurses are very diligent in there care of my brother Seth. The activities staff. Liz, Dominique, Tasha, Teri are very helpful in their care of Seth. The nursing staff, beginning with the head nurse ,Angela the RN coordinator , Tony and all the nurses whose care he was under , in my opinion is taking good care of my brother Seth. As of this time I am very pleased with his care. (read less)

The person who accommodated us was great. She was the reason that we really considered it. She was really helpful and really nice. The rooms were small, and they had no private rooms. They even had rooms with four people in them. My husband would start out in a room with two other people, but she said that when one comes available with only one other person, she would move him. They take them outdoors and fishing sometimes. They had a dining room, and the residents seemed happy enough. Signature was recommended to me, and once we get him there and if it was working for him, I would recommend it. (read less)

My father is doing good at Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The staff is good, and the food has been fine. They’re providing long-term care for him. He has a CNA that looks after him. They should pay more attention to details and be a little bit more attentive though. (read less)

Bartram Crossing was nice. The amenities were nice, and my dad was there for rehab. We ate several times there and I would rate it a 3. He had physical therapy, speech, and language therapy. The facility is new and very lovely. They had a common room with a TV, sofas and chairs for visiting. (read less)

My brother (73 years old) fell at home and was at the hospital for 4 days. The hospital recommended he go to in house rehab. My brother was against it and wanted to go home. We did convince him to go to rehab for 10 to 14 days. At this time I will tell you my brother said the nurses was good, the food was good but the bed was not comfortable. The rest of this review is from my point of view. The rehab facility we chose was Regents Park. The first contact I had with them was a Lady called Jasmine. She was informative and told me my brother would be in quaratine for 14 days as he did not get the vacine. He is independent and lives with 2 other people. He could not have visitors due to the no covid shot. I was not advised he would have a direct phone line to his room and therefore I went through the switchboard to call for the first week. The switchboard phone rings a long time before someone picks up. It took about a week before i Found out i could call him direct to his room. I asked Jasmine several times to advise on his status. I asked the switchboard operator if i needed to bring any clothes or toiletries and she said I could bring clothes if I wanted to but they furnished everything else, I did drop off clothes but could not see my brother due to quarantine. I never got a call from them to advise. On day 13 I told jasmine my brother is leaving on day 14 and she was surprised and said she would check on his status. I told her the nurses station nor anyone had ever called me after many calls from me and others to find out his status. She checked with nurses station and they told her no one was on the list to call. So 13 days and no one thought that was odd that no one was listed??? I guess I should have pushed harder. Since my brother was on day 14 the next day I asked Jasmine for an appoint to visit my brother since everyone has to make an appointment to visit their patient. I got there on day 14 and saw my brother. He was adament he was leaving. Jasmine called on a Gentleman named Jeffery and he did a very hard sell on staying. I thought he was doing his job in presenting the facts on why my brother should stay longer. My brother said the rehab was ok but he could do the same at home and was leaving. There was way too much back and forth trying to convince my brother to stay but he said no, he was leaving. Jeffery said if he leaves it will be against AMA and he would not get a wheelchair, no home care, no equipment but if he would stay for 3 more days he could get a doctor to sign off and get home care. My brother said he was going home now. Jeffery said if he is leaving today he has to sign their yellow paper and once signed he has to leave the facility. They will push the wheelchair to the car but if he fell they could not help him and we would have to call 911. Nice of him to try one last scare tactic. My brother insisted he could walk when he got home. We took him home on day 14 and with assistance He was able to get up three steps with help of the walker we provided. This was appox 3pm on Friday. On Saturday we got a knock on the door from adult Protective Services and the report from Regents Park said my brother would end up back in the hospital by the end of the weekend. The lady from protective services did not agree and after seeing him said case droped. Jeffery was getting us back for leaving. He had my brother listen to him for 30 minutes , sign a paper saying they thought he should stay and was leaving AMA. He thinks he knows best. My brother was using the walker we provided on Saturday and he was walking on Sunday with the walker using the handrails at home and the walker. He has walked appox 10 feet and back to chair twice a day on Saturday and Sunday. Jeffery pushed to hard and the report he wrote was out of frustration in having a patient do as they want to do instead of what he wanted. For this I give a one star. My brother said he would never go there again . Also parking is very limited. You must make an appointment to see your patient. In closing make sure your patient has the covid shot or no visits for 14 days. Make sure you get their room number and direct phone line to their room, make sure you are on the list to get info and the patient has to put you on the list. Take clothes to the facility and drop off at front desk. Probably best to have someone drop you off to deliver the clothes so they can stay in car and keep looking or someone to leave so they can park or if not they can drive off , circle the block etc because parking is terrible. Also my brother needed a shave and shower when we got him home. I don’t think they did much for him except feed him and 20 minutes of rehab twice a day. (read less)

I stayed at this facility for one week. It’s not a rehab,only a nursing home. Nurses are sub-par and don’t care for patients. I waited 2 hours to have my bedpan changed because I couldn’t get out of bed. Some of the nurses are mean and nasty and 90% of them are lazy and don’t want to change the bed sheets or bandages. They speak down to you and when you get a nurse to finally come in your room, they tell you they’ll be right back and don’t come back. I don’t recommend this place at all. Please read reviews before sending your loved one here. This place is horrible. (read less)

My 85 year old mother was admitted for recovery and rehab due to total knee placement surgery. She was admitted on Aug 31st. The nursing staff was helpful and willing to answer any and all questions I had. If they didn’t know the answer someone got back to me. The nursing staff we had direct contact with were, Deborah, Ranita, Alice, Tiffany and they were just awesome. The rehab staff were just as great. Yasir, Sebrina, Laneeka, & Tonya, the DOR were amazing. You could see the special care they gave my mom and others as well. My mom was there 31 days. I was there everyday and sometimes twice a day. The place is clean and staff is constantly picking up and cleaning up. The rooms are much like a hospital room. There a activities if the patient wants to join in. A small place but I have no complaints. My advice is to take a tour and check it out. I would use again if the need arose. (read less)

I was a patient at Consulate Health Care. My stay there was very pleasant. The nurses are very attentive. The staff is very professional and friendly. I only suggest that when you first enter the nursing facility, make sure that they order your prescriptions on time. Other than that the food was nice. I enjoyed my peaceful stay. (read less)

The staff at Lanier Rehabilitation Center seem to be very friendly and were taking good care of my dad. He was first in quarantine, so he was alone in his room; he was happier then. Now that they moved him, he has had two different roommates; he was not happy with either one. The first one wasn’t friendly, and the second one seems to be mentally disturbed. From what I could tell, it’s not very good for somebody that’s just there for rehab. They had no activities, no common interest things that I can tell. Daddy was very bored because there was nothing for him to do. He’s very unhappy, and he’s getting more and more depressed every day. He’s not happy with the food because they won’t give him regular liquids. Everything has to be thickened, and he doesn’t like the way it tastes. They puree his food, and he’d rather nor puree his food; they’re just going according to the dietician’s recommendations. The place looks nice and well-kept; it has trees and flowers. As far as I could tell, it has good parking. He told me that he’d have to wait for hours before somebody would come and put him in bed or take him out of bed. The staff that I’d talked to were very kind, and they’re professional. From what I was able to see, the place looked clean enough. (read less)